[sf-lug] Best way to install a .exe firmware updater

[Ken Shaffer]

Microsoft does list the "acceptable" sticks at
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/planning/windows-to-go-overview#hardware-considerations-for-windows-to-go
None of which are likely to be just lying around.  But for a one use
flash, you'd think almost any stick would last long enough.
Ke

On 11/25/19, Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote:
> Update on the exe firmware saga: I think I did it!
>
> I made yet another try with Rufus on the borrowed Windows box to
> make a Windows to Go stick, using a different target stick (this
> time, an SD card in an ancient USB adapter). And this one apparently
> worked! At least it booted all the way to Windows asking me all the
> annoying setup questions (do you want to let Microsoft track you in
> these 12 different ways? etc.) and then it let me run the exe.
> The trackpad is definitely behaving differently after running
> the flasher, so *something* changed ... fingers crossed.
>
> The key piece seems to be that every USB stick is different, and
> this process is incredibly sensitive to having just the right stick
> (I tried at least four others previously). It might even be possible
> to make a Win to Go from Virtualbox or Wine if you had just the
> right target stick -- which does not mean the fastest, the newest,
> the biggest, or the one with the seemingly reliable brand name.
> I have no idea what makes one stick work while another one fails,
> so I guess the moral is to keep trying.
>
> Of course I'll be writing this up in more detail on my blog.
> Thanks, everybody, for the suggestions and support.
>
>         ...Akkana
>
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